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Paying for roads

The fact that so much of the revenue the Division of Motor Vehicles brings in goes to financing the work...
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NC FREE’s rankings

The latest N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation legislative scorecard is out, and if you’ve seen Republicans tweeting this week about their showing...
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A trophy for Henderson County

Recruiters have used a $6.1 million package of state and local incentives to convince a Michigan-based car-parts market to build...
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Cash and credit unions

Advocates for the state’s credit unions are speaking up in favor of a new bill in Congress that would loosen...
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Stein in Tokyo

Gov. Josh Stein and two of the state’s top business recruiters are in Tokyo this week for the latest Southeast...
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Power places

Retail electricity prices in North Carolina have declined slightly over the past five years in inflation-adjusted terms, but not as...
Budget & Taxes

Redistricting complete

State Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, says he’s going to continue running for the First District Congressional seat, following this week’s...
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Legal aid

House members are pressing the N.C. State Bar to put tighter controls on which groups get funding from a grant...
Education

Duke plans for a new world

Duke University officials warned faculty earlier this fall that the Medicaid cuts associated with the federal government’s “One Big Beautiful...
Budget & Taxes

Rebase quarrel continues

House and Senate Republicans opened a new front this week in their finger-pointing about who bears responsibility for their budgetary...
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NC Ports update

The State Ports Authority incurred a $6.3 million operating loss in fiscal 2024-25, according to financial statements released Wednesday by...
Education

No PILOTs at Duke

Duke University President Vince Price has made his administration’s distrust of Durham city and county leaders all but explicit, based...